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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Toffler call the decision to change lifestyle?
(a) A super-decision.
(b) An important decision.
(c) A life-or-death decision.
(d) The malady of transience.

2. What term does Toffler use to describe the future society?
(a) Transnational capitalism.
(b) Technological totalitarianism.
(c) Super-industrialism.
(d) Mega-production.

3. What is the consequence of high mobility, according to Toffler?
(a) Political involvement.
(b) Nationalism.
(c) Class consolidation in the suburbs.
(d) Non-involvement in the community.

4. What will changes in agriculture mean for the future Toffler foresees?
(a) Fewer workers will be needed.
(b) Food will be more nutritious.
(c) More processing will be necessary for food.
(d) Food will be poisoned with pesticides.

5. What makes future shock different than culture shock?
(a) Culture shock only happens in modern cultures.
(b) Future shock is a cultural condition.
(c) Future shock consists of familiar cues being replaced by unfamiliar cues.
(d) Culture shock only lasts for a generation before assimilation takes place.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Toffler call the worker in the new organization?

2. What does Toffler say the future will do to people?

3. What should people be wary of in new technologies?

4. What does Toffler call modern people who live in tropical climates?

5. What does Toffler say continual change causes?

(see the answer key)

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